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The Kashmir Narrative is controlled by a set of US/UK- based ‘Kashmiris’ who make a living off Kashmir conflict. Since about 2015-16, the ‘family business’ is being passed to the next gen with the help of Pak establishment, & vested interests.
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Tightening of FCRA in India: foreign funding fell by INR 11,274 Cr.
Pak Senate Report: envisages lobbying to change Kashmir narrative against India;
NGOs with ‘White Experts’/‘activists’ pop up in US, critical of India’s ‘failings’. 3/n
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All in 2016
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to Pak Media he talks about “Kashmir being part of Pak” Pak being the elder brother
to international media he talks about ‘Independent Kashmir’
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Many other ‘Kashmiri activists’ come of age: Hafsa Kanjwal, Sameera Fazili, Ather Zia & Sehla Ashai - all living in the US/UK.
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An example:
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SWK comes to symbolize the face of Kashmiri resistance with Hafsa, Fazili, Huma Dar, etc (Experts) & Sehla Ashai (Treasurer). It was set-up in 2019 as a ‘fresh org.’ with new faces. However, as is shown, the front is connected with same ISI run nexus.
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Another activism shop set up by Ghazala H. Khan who is associated with Kashmir Khalistan Referendum Front (KKRF), alongside Gurpatwant Pannun, from Sikhs for Justice, a Pakistani product. FoK also has links wid IHF, run by Sajjad Burki, President PTI USA.
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Aejaz Dar s/o Md Akram Dar, registrant of SWK also founded Americans for Kashmir. Free Kashmir is a project of Justice for All, a Jamaat-e-Islami front, having linkages with terror groups & run by Abdul Malik Mujahid.
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Their another uncle Rauf Fazili was with J&K Bank, a partner org of Hafsa's KashmirCorps since 2007.
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The parents of new-gen 'activists' were all associated with Fai’s Kashmiri American Council. Fai, an ISI Agent, was arrested by FBI in 2011 & released in 2013, but kept low till 2015/16, after which he was rehabilitated by Pak leaders – PM IK & FM Qureshi.
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Starting 1989; & in succession, 3 American ‘tourists’ arrive in India – Edward Hasbrouck, Carin Fischer & Danielle Cyr. All 3 later turn into ‘activists’ - all critical of India.
There is no trace of these women prior to appearance in India!
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Lobbyists hired by Pak include former CIA Station Chief in Islamabad – Robert Grenier (2021 by Iftikhar Durrani, Spl Advisor to IK).
Earlier, ex-CIA operative Robin Raphel (posted in Pakistan in 1970s) grabs $1.5m contract for lobby firm Cassidy & Ass.
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Pak hires US lobbying firms with millions of $ to buy ‘concerns’ over Kashmir. Pramila Jayapal has expressed such concerns b/w June-Dec 2019, and introduced a resolution on Kashmir in Dec 2019.
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Two others named by FBI in the Fai’s ISI nexus were Nazeer Ahmad Shawl (UK) & Abdul Mazid Tramboo (Brussels), who along with another Pakistani agent Parwaj Iqbal Losar, engages freely with European politicians and extract ‘concerns’ on various issues for Euro10-25 k.
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The All Party Grp of UK, led by Debby Abraham tours Pakistan on a trip ‘fully-sponsored’ by Pak, where they get very concerned about Kashmir. The other concerned individuals could be identified by the demographic profile of their electorate.
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A key HR ‘advocate’ for Kashmir is former Lord Nazeer Ahmed: who is seen routinely with Fai and also a regular at Kashmir events glob
Ahmed is accused of sexually exploiting Kashmiri women, who sought help from him - asking them to ‘spend a night’ with him!
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Despite elaborate info-war machinery Pak establishment still has to resort to fake news to push the agenda of ‘exploitation’, ‘army atrocity’ & ‘fascist India’.
Some habitual offenders include Shireen Mazari, Ali Zaidi, Abdul Basit, & Riffat Wani.
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keep using the words - ‘repression’ ‘atrocity’ and ‘fascism’ in context of India and Kashmir without any reason and rhyme – from felling of apple tree to any mock army drills.
Repeat.
Then write articles based on these ‘evidences’ in global media.
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Playbook is simple.
-Random handles start posting 'army harassments' w/o any evidence
-Old news gets recycled
-Influencers ‘express concerns’ over ‘deteriorating situation’.
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We did an analysis on 19 top hashtags on Kashmir from 2014 to 2021. Interestingly, the ‘concerns’ are expressed only for a day, bulk of which emanating not surprisingly from Pakistan.
(darker the color; more are no of handles from that region’. 29/n
Trended on
5 Aug, 2019 - 1290 tweets
5 Aug, 2020 - 662 tweets
8 July 2021 - 4283 tweets
the handles that trend the hashtags are created just for the purpose
(watch for #KashmirBleedsGreen for fun)
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Over last few years the center of gravity is shifting to Turkey from Saudi.
UNIW - Turkey’s umbrella organisation for Muslim NGOs is run by SADAT- security provider for President Erdoğan.
FAI is also council member in UNIW.
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